Yosef Winner, a Holocaust survivor, writes:
"My name is Yosef Winner and I am 97 years old. I survived the flames of the Nazi beasts. My entire family perished in the terrible inferno. I was cut off from my deep roots. Out of exhaustion, despair, drowning, I clung to the ground and planted roots in Zion.
I married Aviva and we raised two wonderful children - Ofer and Nurit. From Ofer and Michal, I have 4 grandchildren in Kfar Aza. From Nurit and Miki I have 6 grandchildren in Kfar Aza too. I arrived at a large and well-planted family tree in the homeland. A tree that bears fruits.
But suddenly, the events of 7.10.23 emerged from among the fences of evil. The gruesome sights of fire and dust, the horrible killing and murder of innocents came to me again.
My dearest grandson Yahav was murdered while protecting his wife Shai-Li and his one-month-old daughter, Sheya. And my dearest granddaughter, Hadar, and her husband, Itay, were murdered while protecting their ten-month-old twins, Roy and Guy.
Again I am exhausted, in despair, drowning."